Sports & Recreation

With influenza season still upon us, it’s not too late to protect yourself from catching the flu. So take a shot with the Kings.

Kaiser Permanente is teaming up with the Sacramento Kings to offer the best defense against the flu – vaccination – at a special event Tuesday, February 24 from 3 to 5 p.m. featuring small forward Rudy Gay, Slamson and the Sacramento Kings dancers. Kaiser Permanente doctors are the team physicians of the Sacramento Kings.

Free flu shots will be available to the community at Kaiser Permanente Point West Medical Offices, 1650 Response Road, Sacramento, 95815 (across Exposition Boulevard from Cal Expo). Gay will sign autographs for the first 150 fans from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Parking will be on-site and free.

Anyone in need of a flu shot is encouraged to attend the event, which is open to nonmembers and members of Kaiser Permanente.

As part of this special session, a talented team of personal trainers will provide fitness assessments, workout challenges and nutritional assistance...just what you need to get started on the right track for the New Year!

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Brooklyn, New York, and Des Moines, Iowa, will host NCAA men's basketball tournament games for the first time in 2016.

The NCAA announced Monday that the other 2016 preliminary round sites are Providence, St. Louis, Raleigh, North Carolina, Oklahoma City, Denver and Spokane, Washington. Regionals will be played in Philadelphia, Chicago, Louisville, Kentucky, and Anaheim, California.

The 2017 tourney games will be played in Buffalo, New York; Indianapolis; New York; Greensboro, North Carolina; Milwaukee; Orlando, Florida; Salt Lake City; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Sacramento, California. Regionals will be in Kansas City; San Jose, California; Memphis, Tennessee; and New York.

West Sacramento Rowing races Scheduled for October 12th from 8:00am to 1:00pm

River City Rowing Club (RCRC) in West Sacramento will host Head of the Port, in which over 25 rowing clubs from across California will compete in a series of 5-kilometer rowing reces (called headraces) on subday, October 12. Racing will run from 8:00am to 1:00pm at the Port of West Sacramento.

The competitive rowing races are held in the Deep Water Shipping Channel in West Sacramento. Crews will launch their boats and return to the host club, RCRC. Headraces are long-distance races where competitiors start one after another in intervals and compete both against the clock and each other. The winner in each event is the crew with the fastest time, but rowers are also trying hard to pass boats that started ahead of them while avoiding being caught from behind.

This week's challenge is all about setting yourself up for success, and making yourself and your fitness a priority.

If you ask an average woman on the street why she doesn't exercise regularly, odds are the answer will be "I don't have time." And the truth is, there isn't a single one of us who has enough time to do everything that needs doing.

The greatest time of the year is upon us: football season. If you’ve never participated in a fantasy football league before, make this your year! There are few things better than competing against your friends, and a fantasy league offers a socially acceptable reason to bet against your friends and curse at each other in public. Need I say more?

There are so many variations on lineups and scoring systems that I won’t get into them here, but luckily Wikipedia has it covered. Don’t let that scare you off, though – fantasy is really easy, even for beginners! Here are a few quick tips to make your fantasy team a success:... Read More